Moon: Industrial Complex (Narration Only)

Science & Futurism with Isaac Arthur

Isaac Arthur

Science, Futurism, Sci Fi, Future, Scifi, Technology, Space, Engineering

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🗓️ 16 January 2020

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Moon is gateway to space, and in the future it might serve as an industrial and mining complex fueling vast production of spaceships, rocket fuel, satellites, space stations, and colonial habitats. Watch the Video version: https://youtu.be/y47MMNqKGxE Visit our sponsor, Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/IsaacArthur/ Visit our Website: http://www.isaacarthur.net Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/IsaacArthur SFIA Merchandise available: https://www.signil.com/sfia/ Social Media: Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1583992725237264/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/IsaacArthur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isaac_A_Arthur on Twitter and RT our future content. SFIA Discord Server: https://discord.gg/53GAShE Credits: Moon: Industrial Complex Episode 221; Jan 16, 2020 Writers: Isaac Arthur Keith Blockus Editors: Jerry Guern S. Kopperud S. Graham Produced & Narrated by Isaac Arthur Cover Art: Jakub Grygier https://www.artstation.com/jakub_grygier Graphics: Andy Nelson Jarred Eagley Jeremy Jozwik https://www.artstation.com/zeuxis_of_losdiajana Justin Dixon Ken York https://www.facebook.com/YDVisual/ Kristijan Tavcar https://www.miragedereve.com Sergio Botero https://www.artstation.com/sboterod?fref=gc Space Resources CGI Tytus Grabowski Udo Schroeter Music Courtesy of Epidemic Sound http://epidemicsound.com/creator See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello, SFIA audio listeners. In this month's Nebula exclusive, big alien theory,
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0:20.5	This episode is sponsored by Brilliant.
0:23.9	The moon has beckoned to humanity throughout history, and it will soon be our ladder, extending
0:28.9	our reach further into the cosmos.
0:32.7	Today we'll be looking at the moon, and how it might in the century to come,
0:36.7	servers of vital manufacturing and fuel refining depot and stepping stone. Interestingly though, its biggest
0:43.5	role in the near term will likely be focused on the development of space closer to home, in orbit
0:48.8	of Earth as the moon is. To see why, we first need to ask what the moon has to offer and how we'll go about
0:55.2	getting stuff off the moon.
0:57.3	That's a key point because while the moon has plenty of resources, it has little
1:01.5	Earth does not have vastly more of.
1:03.8	It's also where all our stuff is, including our factories and scientists and engineers
1:08.2	and everyone else.
1:09.8	This would lead many to think we really have
1:11.7	no interest in the moon, and is one of the reasons folks often suggest bypassing it in favor of
1:16.9	Mars or other planets. And yet the biggest problem with Earth is that it has so much stuff,
1:22.4	as in mass. All that mass generates a gravity well you have to claw your way out of to get into space.
1:29.2	It also means there's a thick atmosphere clinging to our world that makes it even harder to launch
1:33.7	things, though easier to land stuff, much easier actually than on the moon.
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